you can get this, it's available. you can watch it in your own home. you don't have to worry about sneaking a video camera in the theater anymore. you can go out and buy a copy. here is the always lovely helen hunt, ladies and gentlemen. ( applause ) ♪ ♪ welcome back. >> thank you. >> dave: i haven't seep you in a long time. congratulations on your second nomination for "the sessions." what about this interested you? because this is a fairly rarefied territory, isn't it? >> it is. >> dave: it's about somebody who is a sexual surrogate. >> yes. >> dave: now, what do you know about that? >> more than i knew a year ago. >> dave: did you do research with an actual sexual-- >> i did. i spoke to the woman i play. a wonderful woman named sherle

cohen green. this is the true story of a poet, mark o'brien who in his late 30s realized he probably wasn't going to live fair long time and had never had the opportunity to have physical love in his life and he wanted that. so he went to a sex therapist-- >> dave: now, how does a person get in contact with a sex therapist? ( laughter ) >> i have a number. >> dave: yeah, i wish i had a number. but it's not the same as, like, an escort service. ( laughter ). >> i don't think it is. >> dave: see, i'm being snarky. >> but that's okay. >> dave: but that's the line. people want to know. >> so this is an actual, legitimate thing, where this therapist told him that there is such a thing as a sexual surrogate who for a limited number of sessions-- >> dave: how many? >> well, six, the number is six. ( laughter ) you're just not going to take the high road. >> dave: look, look-- >> i'm glad i know right away--

>> dave: it's based in ignorance. i'm allowed to ask any question i want to. six questions-- six hours, six sessions. >> by the way, you're falling apart. >> dave: i am. >> anyway the punches line to this beautiful story is after this time to this woman he went on to really fall in love and at the end of his life before he died had a five-year beautiful relationship with with another woman who loved him in every way. it was really beautiful. now, of course-- and here's where it really-- you start talking about falling apart. you spent-- forgive me, but it's here, i have proof. i'm not making this up, helen. >> yeah. >> dave: you spent a good deal of the movie undressed. >> what? ! >> dave: where you have you not seen the-- >> what is this? in the blu ray version i'm naked? >> dave: yes, you are. >> i have to get my agent on the phone immediately. yes, i do, dave. naked as the day i was born. >> dave: you have looked-- have you-- lord. >> you're undone.

just, by the way, you're undone. >> dave: have you worked naked before. that's what i'm trying to say. >> i did one movie also about a disabled person called "the water dance," but i was not as naked. you can't be more naked than i am in this movie. people better buy the thing now, for god's sake. i'll tellue no, this is what happened to me. this is-- this is what happened to me when i made the movie. i read it. i thought it was beautiful. i didn't really let myself think about the implications of saying yes because it was such a beautiful story and then i did it and and then as it was coming out i thought people can see me naked. it was a film festival. my family was there, there were colleagues. and the movie is over and i figure they were going to say, "oh, my god, what were you thinking? that's as mazing. of people came out and said, "that was a good movie." evidence naked, say something. >> dave: if i was there, i would have said something. because and i don't want to make

the story seem-- but i'm telling you, you were-- you looked terrific. >> thank you! >> dave: naked. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. ( applause ) oh, my. >> dave: how many-- how many people on any day's shoot would have seen you naked? ( laughter ). >> very few. it was a small set. so very grown-up people who were taking the spirit of the movie to heart, being sort of classy and respectful, honoring the intention of the two people, the two people who did this. >> dave: right, okay, i know what you're saying. >> those kinds of people. >> dave: i'm an insensitive stooge. i know what you're saying. >> but you're mine. >> dave: did you have any trouble with-- hello-- any of that when you came out? >> i didn't! there was nobody like you there, nobody! >> dave: but, i mean, did they say now, we can pixelate-- we can blur? >> no, no, they did offer me something called a privacy patch. it's a very british lovely

costume. i said i'll be on the set with a privacy patch. what is that? >> you put that on for sea sickness. >> goes right here. >> dave: right there. >> levels things. lestles the playing field. >> dave: equilibrium my god! it's a privacy patch. >> it's a piece of fabric and it covers your privacy. i said i don't need that. i got on the set and said, "the private patch. go get the private patch." >> dave: there should be an asterisk after your name. >> why? >> dave: because you used the privacy patch. >> yeah, you're right. you're right. >> dave: now how many-- forgive me, this has nothing to do with you. the topic here is-- >> it has nothing to do with me! >> dave: the topic here is privacy patches. ( laughter ) for a woman, how many are there? ( laughter )

one? >> oh, god, let's move on! kuld we, please? >> dave: one more question, and then we're condition. >> yeah, yeah right. >> dave: then we're gone. >> okay. >> dave: i know you play a lot of golf. we'll talk about that. ( laughter ) is it-- >> always wearing a privacy patch. yes, one, one, for god's sake, one! >> dave: is it-- is it more uncomfortable to remove than to apply? ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> i don't-- i don't remember. >> dave: i'm done. no more questions, your honor. well, anyway, it's a courageous thing to have done, and i'm so happy that it turned out well. and, by god, look, you're going to the big dance again. >> i'm going to the big dance. i'm veny excited. thank you very much. thank you. ( applause ). >> dave: when you-- when you-- when you won your first academy

award, you get-- and you had great attention anyway. upper on the long-running television show, that people enjoyed a great deal. and then you were in the films. and you won the academy award. you get a different level of attention when you win your first academy award, don't you? >> suddenly there's a seat in the restaurants,un what i mean? suddenly there's a couple more scripts that are offered to you. and then there are sort of the things you don't expect. like i was doing a play right afterwards, and i got a letter on united nations stayingary from a sort of-- stationery, from a spiritual master, who works with the united nations and did a lot of beautiful work, but one of the ways he was of service was that he lifted people that he felt had achieved something, tha contributed something to the world, fizz kealz lifted-- >> dave: physically. >> physically lifted them. >> dave: i was thinking spiritually. >> no, actually lifted them.

and i mean this is real, like desmond tutu, mohamed ally and me. the big three. the letter asked me to sea him at his place-- no. compound, i guess-- >> dave: is he an american man? >> no, indian. and so other actors in my play were like, "you have to get out here. whatever it is, you have to do it so we can talk about it. > it." >> when you got the letter, did you know about it? >> no, i went with my goddecatur my 14-year-old goddaughter at the time. it was out at jamaica queens on the way to the airport and we pull into this place and there are women who open the car door and they're dressed in, like, floral gowns, and they walked me into this garden and they said we've written a song we want to sing to you. and i'm thinking it would be a tibetan chant, and they started

singing this song that had my name. ♪ helen hunt, helen hunt. ♪ oscar winner, oscar winner and i'm looking at my goddaughter... so then i get on this contraption. i walk up four steps, and he lifted me up. >> dave: he's on-- oh, like-- is he a strong man? >> very strong, yeah. lifted muhammed ali, for god's sake. >> dave: see i didn't know that he himself did the lifting. >> yes, yes. that's him, except-- that's an elephant. >> dave: the spiritual leader lifting the world's smallest horse. okay, this is may 31, 2007. he's lifting-- and what-- >> so i was on that. but i'm not-- >> dave: yeah, this is the device. and what-- >> keep desmond tutu in mind. it classes the whole thing up. >> what does anybody really get out of this, honestly?

what does he get out of it? what did you get out of it? >> he felt he was honoring people who had contributed something. >> dave: and this is the weight there-- >> i don't know why the picture they pulled is of a horse. that i'm not clear about but i was up there. >> it's the world's smallest horse. >> there's a bigger-- >> dave: now look at this. okay, take a look at the weight on this. lifts a baby elephant, lifts a baby elephant. look at that. this is in thailand. he went over there and he lifted an elephant. >> yeah. when i talk about it now, it's a little like i was high or it was a democrat. but it happened. it happened. just to be clear. ( laughter ). >> dave: and how long are you up there? >> a minute and a half. . >> dave: and does he then put you down? >> yeah, he lowers you down, gives you a cup of tea and sends you back to new york. >> dave: puts you in the rental car and you're done. spiritual enlightenment for

you? >> actually, i wanted to have a baby and he was encouraging me to pray and not give up and i did have a beautiful daughter and he was right. maybe lifting me up helped. ( applause ) >> dave: would he-- would he come and help you lift things around the house if you needed it? >> i bet he would have. i bet he would have. >> dave: and will you be lifted again jai i don't-- i don't think so. >> dave: if you win an academy award again. >> maybe, here's hoping. >> dave: paul, would you luke to drive out to queens with me to be lifted? >> paul: absolutely, i'm there. are you kidding? >> dave: but do you understand any of that? >> i don't, but i think he was being of service so i'm on his team. ( laughter ) ( applause ) x-it's all above board, no horse play, no hanky-panky, no looking up the-- none of that? >> i don't think so.

desmond tutu. >> dave: oh, that's right, desmond tutu. listen, helen, it would be nice to see you win this award again. that would be great. it's "the sessions." it's in theaters now and you can get it on the... you can get it on the blu-ray version, and there she is, lovely as always, academy award winner, helen hunt. helen, god bless you. how have you been, all right? >> i've been good. >> dave: nice to see you. ♪ ♪ ( applause ) what's a few? she said, "i think it's eight." she showed up with four file boxes of paperwork. "here, take my stuff and figure it out." i will do that for you. it's a mental challenge. it's a puzzle. but getting you the maximum refund- that's what i'm here for.

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♪ ♪ ( applause ) >> dave: is this honk? honk? our next guest-- honk. >> paul: love it. >> dave: our nguest is a delightful talented stand helpuf comedian and you can watch him at the ann arbor comedy showcase in ann arbor, michigan. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the program jeff caldwell. jeff. ( applause ) ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much. it is great to be here with you in new york. art capital of the world. my wife is an artist. it's probably not a good thing in a relationship where the comedian is the more financially viable one. ( laughter ) we didn't think this thing

through. currently she's working on a mixed media project depicting what our lives will be like when we're retired. it's disturbing stuff. ( laughter ) she wanted to live in a cool, artie, loft space in manhattan. so we talked to a realtor and told them our budget, and boom, we're living in an old slaughterhouse in jersey. ( applause ) ( laughter ) it's been converted into an old legislature house in jersey where people live. it was an unsafe and inhumane workplace, but now it's 100 years older than that. ( laughter ) her parents are confused by some of these choices we made. they live in the suburbs in a gated community, very pretty, on a big reservoir, used for drinking water and recreation. i've always felt if that's my

drinking water you might not want to rectory at in it. you might want to run it through the britta water. i know it's quaint. i still drink water. my nephew seems to having to a strict regimen of energy drinks. you know the energy drink-- aimed at a teenaged boy. just doesn't feel enough aggression inside of himself. ( laughter ) yeah, we've developed a cocktail of powerful stimulants. let's market it to people with no impulse control. ( laughter ) this shouldn't turn out like "lord of the flies" at all." a little bit of caffeine in there. well, you want to be alert to describe your symptoms to the cardiologist. ( laughter ) yeah. well, maybe they work. my 97 use know more than anybody else about electronics. they helped me upgrade my smartphone. it's nice. touch screen. exclamation point is next to a

question mark. so often when i think i'm sending an inquiry i send an outrageous demand. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i thought i texted my wife, "you go to the grocery?" i texted, "you go to the grocery!" ( laughter ) that needs an lol attached. ( laughter ) these phones are very sophisticated. i used to have a problem with accidental pocket dialing, but now, put this new baby in my pocket with my keys, and i speed dialed a conference call and tweeted some powerpoint slides. i get very little done, but pocket productivity is through the roof. roof. ( laughter ) ( applause ) there's a lot going on with the satellite office. ( laughter )

there is some wonderful consumer electronic stuff out there for us. i was just reading about these new poeto type internet connected eyeglasses where, for instance, the directions to your destination will appear right on the lens in front of your eye. i'm guessing that destination would be the hospital. ( laughter ) terrible idea. obviously, i don't need those. i just upgraded to these rascals. i'll tell you, nothing makes a man feel sexier than making the move to bifocals. ( laughter ) ( applause ) my wife says, "no one can tell, there's no line." well, can they tell i only express two kemiddle easterns anymore? up close, i'm condescending. ( laughter ) ( applause ) at a distance, menacing.

( laughter ) at least there's no line. laugh you'd think we could harness this amazing technology and solve the world's problems but we can't agree on what the problems are. many people still don't believe in global warming which is understandable because confusion is a symptom of heatstroke. ( laughter ) it's not luke we're going to do category about it. we don't get things done. we've been trying my whole adult live to transition from the paper dollar bill to the coin. can't get it done. we're stymied. you would think it would be simple. they're roughly the same value. don't you feel smooth tipping with these babies? slapping some gold, like you're

wyatt erp. nothing says thanks for a job well done like change. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ♪ ♪ >> dave: hey, jeff, how are you? that was delightful. >> thank you. >> dave: very nice. >> anniversary nice to see you. >> dave: jeff caldwell, ladies and gentlemen. how about that. he'll be in ann arbor, michigan. go see him. thank you very much, sir. be right back with the macabees, everybody.

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